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Create a Budget that Works

Make Your Money Work for You by Learning to Budget Better

For most people, budgeting is a complicated chore. However, by simply paying a little closer attention and planning for the surprise expenses that inevitably come around every year, you can gain better control over your finances and be more comfortable spending your money where you want to spend it. This course will teach you proven methods to tighten your financial belt a little now, so you can more confidently loosen it later.

Access 31 lectures & 2 hours of content 24/7

Understand & see clearly why your debt balance keeps growing, even though you are making money

Build a monthly spending plan that makes sense & works

Discover where your spending leaks are & how to stop them

Prepare yourself for budget-busting surprise expenses & have a plan for handling them

Plan your gift & holiday expenses & avoid the holiday debt hangover

Gain more mindfulness, confidence & solid mastery over your finances

Instructor

Judy Lawrence is a professional Financial Counselor, Budget Coach and founder of www.moneytracker.com. She is the author of The Budget Kit: Common Cents Money Management Workbook 6th Ed (Kaplan Publishers -Over 425,000 copies in print). The Budget Kit is a perennial bestseller for Kaplan Publishing (previously Dearborn Publishers) for over 20 years and other publishers before that.

This time-tested workbook is now in its fourth decade serving multiple generations. When Judy originally self-published “Common Cent$” she was ahead of her time with her pioneering concepts for creating a basic, complete and user-friendly budgeting system in layman’s terms along with visual hands-on worksheets for quick understanding. And these concepts continue to stay relevant and effective.

Important Details

Length of time users can access this course: lifetime

Access options: web & mobile streaming

Certification of completion included

Redemption deadline: redeem your code within 30 days of purchase

Updates included

Experience level required: all levels

Requirements

Internet access required

Course Outline

Documents to Download Before you Begin

Document Downloads - The Budget Kit 6th Edition eBook

Download Documents - PDF Worksheets from The Budget Kit eBook

Document Downloads - Excel Package

New Lecture

Step 1: Introduction and Gathering the Pieces

Overview of Course and Product Downloads - 3:40

Documents to Get Started Successfully - 6:30

What Worked and Didn't Work Before - 6:54

Variable Income Document

Step 2: Discovering the Missing Link

Documents for Step 2 - Course Worksheets Folder

Overview of Discovering the Missing Links and Tools You Will Use - 5:06

Getting Started - Uncovering those Periodic Surprise Expenses - 10:55

Managing Hidden Lifestyle and Holiday Surprise Expenses - 9:47

Most Overlooked Expense of the Missing Link - 14:04

Master your Finances while Conquering the Missing Link - 13:52

How Others Conquered the Missing Link

Step 3: Create a Monthly Spending Plan that Works for You

Documents for Step 3 - Course Worksheets Folder

Overview for Creating a Monthly Spending Plan - 9:31

Managing Your Income and Fixed Expenses More Mindfully - 9:31

The Forgotten Monthly Expenses - 15:03

Now What? Putting All the Information Together - 7:27

Timing and Planning is Everything - 10:25

How Others Created Successful Monthly Spending Plans

Step 4: Tracking the Spending Leaks

Documents for Step 4 - Course Worksheets Folder

Overview for Tracking the Spending Leaks - 6:42

Successful Tracking Techniques - 19:31

What Bill Gates, Beatles & Ben Franklin Have in Common with Tracking - 8:34

Real Estate Investing Basics

Real estate has grown to become one of the most explored and ventured business around. However, real estate investment can lead to unimaginable losses if you are not aware of the nuances and intricacies of this business. This 2-hour real estate investment course introduces you to the basic tactics that you must know to survive in the real estate business. It gives you an insider's view of the business, giving you time-tested tips and advice for situation-based issues. Aside from this, the course also discusses important topics like financing options, selecting a property manager, which are both an integral part of the real estate business.

Access 16 lectures & 1 hour of content 24/7

Know how to spot & avoid scammers and con artists that prey on newbie investors

Learn how to rent to Section 8 & other governmental rent voucher programs

Know the best method to finance a real estate investment

Understand basic real estate legal & tax structures

Turn around an initially bad real estate investment

Instructor

Brian Cliette is a keynote speaker, author, consultant and corporate trainer in Digital Marketing Optimization Strategies, Social Media Marketing, and Brand Visibility. He is a globally recognized authority on digital marketing Industry. He dually serves as an Instructor of Marketing and Social Media in the School of Hospitality Mgmt. at The Penn State University and serves as a Lead Consultant for several silicon valley based startups.

Important Details

Length of time users can access this course: lifetime

Access options: web & mobile streaming

Certification of completion included

Redemption deadline: redeem your code within 30 days of purchase

Updates included

Experience level required: all levels

Requirements

Microsoft Excel (not included)

Internet access

Basic understanding of Real Estate is helpful but not mandatory

Course Outline

How Not to Invest in Real Estate

Intro - 6:21

Investing For The Long Term and Other Advice

Why you Must Invest for the Long Term - 8:28

Investing For The Long Term Outline

Why you must develop your own team - 11:01

Never Let Your Agent Talk to the Bank!!

Why buying a property that you wouldn't mind living in is a great idea - 4:54

How to Generate Passive Income with Dividend Investing

Dividend Investing is a sure-fire way to generate passive income every single month. It's also one of the most proven methods to build long-term wealth. Learn how to invest your money into reputable companies so that money compounds up to 12% returns (or more) over time. Also, learn how to spot reliable dividend-paying companies that will pay you passive income every single month just for investing in them. Stop working for money and put your money to work for you!

Access 14 lectures & 1 hour of content 24/7

Learn how to invest in dividend stocks

Understand the difference between safe & risky investments

Spot unreliable stocks to invest in

Look at company balance sheets

Learn how to invest for your short term & long term goals

Instructor

Bryan Guerra is the Founder of Invert Media. He has expertise in eCommerce, Online Marketing, & Customer Acquisition.

Invert Media is an online education company that specializes in Information Products that accelerate the success of aspiring Entrepreneurs so they can live the lives they want.

Important Details

Length of time users can access this course: lifetime

Access options: web & mobile streaming

Certification of completion included

Redemption deadline: redeem your code within 30 days of purchase

Updates included

Experience level required: all levels

Requirements

Internet access required

Course Outline

Why Dividend Investing is a Massive Tool for Building Wealth & Passive Income

1.Why Dividend Investing can be a Massive Tool for Building Wealth & Passive Income - 10:09

Introduction to Dividend Investing

2.Which Stock Platform is Right for You - 3:28

3.Why You Should Invest Your Money & Not Just Save It - 5:23

4.The Power of Compound Interest & Starting Early - 4:57

Important Things to Remember About Dividend Investing

5.Disclaimer - 1:54

6.Biggest Mistakes to Avoid when Investing - 7:22

7.Important Things to Remember About Dividends - 5:05

Balance Sheets & Cashflow Analysis

8.Balance Sheets & Cashflow Analysis - 15:31

Building Your Portfolio

9.Biggest Mistake to Avoid When Building a Dividend Portfolio - 2:28

10.Importance of Understanding a Company's History with Past Dividends - 1:28

11.Dividend Companies to Pay Attention to - 18:16

12.The Power & Scalability of a Dividend Portfolio & the Passive Income it Provides You - 9:02

The Complete Financial Analyst Training & Investing Course

Learn the Secrets to Succeeding as a Financial Analyst & Investor from an Award-Winning Professor & Venture Capitalist

Welcome to The Complete Financial Analyst Training and Investing Course by the award-winning professor, Columbia MBA graduate, hedge fund founder, venture capitalist, and TEDx Talk speaker, Chris Haroun. This is the most thorough financial analyst course available anywhere on the web and was designed specifically to prepare you to be competitive in the finance industry. Chris Haroun went through the Goldman Sachs financial analyst training program as well as the new hire training programs of other top finance companies—and brings all this knowledge straight to your screen. Do you have what it takes to complete this 22+ hour comprehensive finance training program? Well, see you on the other side.

Access 228 lectures & 22 hours of content 24/7

Become an expert in Excel for financial analysts

Learn how an IPO works

Learn how to manage a portfolio

Start building financial models

Instructor

Chris Haroun is a top online business teacher and the author of the top online business course "An Entire MBA in 1 Course," which has been purchased by more than 135,000 students in 11 languages in 196 countries. Chris is also the author of the book "101 Crucial Lessons They Don't Teach You in Business School," which Business Insider wrote is "the most popular book of 2016 according to Business Insider readers." In 2015 Forbes called this book "1 of 6 books that all entrepreneurs must read right now." Chris is also the founder and CEO of Haroun Education Ventures.

LifePower: Credit, Debt, Saving, Investing & Buying a Home

Learn How to Build & Manage Your Credit, Handle Debt, & Much More

Your ability to use modern financial tools and systems is a crucial ingredient for a successful and happy life. Credit scores, loans, mortgages, and financial instruments like index funds, mutual funds, stocks, and bonds are fundamental to existence today. Through this financial empowerment course, you'll learn how to use credit and debts, manage your cash flow, how to save and start investing, how to buy real estate in your name, and much more. Time to be a real person!

Eazl is a totally new approach to business education, offering practical business courses in HD that fuse animation, interviews, templates, and interactive exercises to achieve better outcomes for participants in the community. They deliver business tools based on research from institutions like MIT, Harvard, and Stanford in a beautiful format that is optimized for maximum learning and retention and their team responds to your questions to support your learning outcomes.

Online Residual Income Business Models

Generate Online Residual Income & Start Working From Home

Ever been curious about how people make a living online working from home? The answer is online residual income, and this course is designed for beginners who want to understand how these models work and what opportunities are available. You'll learn the principles of creating digital resources so you can easily generate passive income. By course's end, you'll have a much clearer vision of how to start an online business.

Access 19 lectures & 1 hour of content 24/7

Understand how residual income works

Learn how compound interest in residual income models can take you to a 7 figure income in just 5 years

Mark Timberlake runs a marketing company called SME Heroes, which specializes in training on all things to do with online course creation and online marketing. He has extensive experience with online business in various forms over the last 14 years and loves to share his hard one lessons and techniques for online business success. In addition, he also has over 12 years of experience in online retail and over 6 years of experience as a commercial photographer. This means he has a deep breadth of experience that comes through in his courses which are always designed to be easy to understand and to pass on the practical skills he has learned.

Important Details

Length of time users can access this course: lifetime

Access options: web & mobile streaming

Certification of completion included

Redemption deadline: redeem your code within 30 days of purchase

Updates included

Experience level required: all levels

Requirements

Internet access required

Course Outline

Introduction

The Course Introduction - A Description Of The Course And What It Covers - 1:52

Residual Income - The Different Types Explained

Residual Income - An Explanation Of The Concept - 8:21

Traditional Residual Income Models - 4:17

Online Digital Residual Income Models - 4:55

An Amazing Opportunity

The Digital Education Age - 8:32

Residual Income Growth Plan

The 5 Year - $6 Million Plan - 14:03

Sample Excel Spreadsheet

Online Digital Residual Income Models

Three Models To Choose From - 2:13

The Platform Builder - 3:43

The Entertainer - 2:24

The Educator - 2:59

The Resource Creator - 2:32

The Super Builder - 4:17

Strategies For Planning And Building An Online Residual Income Business

Individual Retirement Accounts (IRAs) & Taxes

This 6-hour course will discuss the tax benefits of traditional individual retirement accounts (IRAs), including how to record deductions related to traditional IRAs on tax forms, using actual tax forms as examples to demonstrate scenarios. Understand contribution limits to both traditional and Roth IRAs and how those contribution limits interplay with other types of retirement accounts. This course will also cover retirement savings contributions credits, including qualification credits and examples of how to report the credit using actual tax forms.

Understand retirement savings contributions credits, including qualification credits & examples of how to report the credit using actual tax forms

Instructor

Robert Steele has experienced working as a practicing Certified Public Accountant (CPA), an accounting and business instructor, and curriculum developer. He has enjoyed putting together quality tools to improve learning and has been teaching, making instructional resources, and building curriculum since 2009. Through working with students from many different schools, Mr. Steele has learned best practices for helping people understand accounting fast. Learning new skills and finding the best way to share knowledge with people who can benefit from it is a passion of his.

Important Details

Length of time users can access this course: lifetime

Access options: web & mobile streaming

Certification of completion included

Redemption deadline: redeem your code within 30 days of purchase

Updates included

Experience level required: all levels

Requirements

Some understanding of US income tax law

Course Outline

Introduction

Documents to Download for Reference

PDF - 210 What's New & Reminders

205 (IRA) Individual Retirement Account - 4:37

210 What's New & Reminders - 12:07

PDF - 214 Introduction

214 Introduction - 7:44

PDF - 217 Table How Are a Traditional IRA and a Roth IRA Different

217 Table How Are a Traditional IRA and a Roth IRA Different - 10:16

Traditional (IRAs) Individual Retirement Account

PDF - 305 Traditional IRAs Introduction & What Is Compensation

305 Traditional IRAs Introduction & What Is Compensation - 10:50

PDF - 308 How Can a Traditional IRA Be Opened Introduction

308 How Can a Traditional IRA Be Opened Introduction - 4:17

308 How Can a Traditional IRA Be Opened - 4:17

PDF - 310 How Can a Traditional IRA Be Opened Individual Retirement Account

310 How Can a Traditional IRA Be Opened Individual Retirement Account - 7:14

Introduction to the Waterfall: How to Invest with Partners

Use This Key Framework for Structuring Real Estate Investments with Business Partners

Splitting profits with partners isn't so cut-and-dry when it comes to investing in real estate. What if each person is contributing different amounts of capital or labor? What if one partner is contributing more money and zero labor? In situations like these and more, real estate professionals rely on the Waterfall Distribution Framework. In this course, you'll discover what the framework is and how it's used for investments; and you'll learn how it's applied with two example case studies to learn from.

Use the Waterfall Framework to structure your investments in real estate

Instructor

Symon He is a real estate investor and business consultant based out of Los Angeles CA. He currently helps private real estate investors with their acquisitions and deal structuring and advises startup entrepreneurs on their financial models and projections for their businesses. He is also a co-founder of LearnAirbnb, a boutique consultancy and education blog specializing in the home-sharing economy. He also writes articles about real estate, investing, small business, and whatever else he's into at the moment at his personal blog.

The Complete Stock Market Investing Guide for Beginners

The Complete Stock Market Investing Guide for Beginners is a step-by-step guide to getting started with stock market investing. You'll learn how to get your investing account opened and set up, as well as everything you'll need to know to find and buy your first winning stock and many more beyond that. You'll be learning from a self-taught, full-time day trader and investor on a mission to help other investors avoid the same mistakes that he made early on in his career.

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Understand what stocks are

Know how to open an investment account

Learn about brokerage accounts

Learn how to find winning stocks w/ a step-by-step analysis guide

Instructor

Travis Rose has been trading full-time for over 5 years now. He decided to create these courses in the hopes that new traders will avoid the same mistakes that he made and will be able to achieve the financial freedom that comes with the stock market in a much shorter period of time than it took him!